Tuesday's letters: 'We all lie every day'

I am deeply offended by the statement “We all lie every day” by professor Robert Feldman in a front-page Associated Press article in Saturday’s paper in connection with Lance Armstrong.

I am deeply offended by the statement “We all lie every day” by professor Robert Feldman in a front-page Associated Press article in Saturday’s paper in connection with Lance Armstrong.I do not lie. My family does not lie. My friends do not lie, and my associates do not lie. I suppose professor Feldman is lying about his academic credentials to be capable of making such an outrageous statement.Roger HabisreutingerSpartanburg

Congratulations to the Spartanburg Little Theatre for yet another great performance with “Chicago.” We had a wonderful time and were glad we had tickets to the last performance of the show.The stage looked so different, the performers and the band were wonderful — all a perfect ensemble! We had our favorite seats — wish they could just be a few inches wider.

Keep it up, Spartanburg Little Theatre. You are a great asset to Spartanburg.Marlies WelschSpartanburg

With due respect to any political watchdogs, it is still somewhat of a mystery to me why Trey Gowdy would propose a legislative review of the president’s decisions to enact control measures on military assault weapons (Jan. 17 edition). In his remarks, he stated, “I hope, in this situation where we have children killed in a mass murder, that we would be more interested in a solution than a political response.” Isn’t the fact that he calls to task the president’s actions to be self-serving, exactly what he is doing himself? So much for politics!There is nothing political in trying to save the lives of innocent victims of criminal shootings, whether they are adults or children. And from my vantage point, Barack Obama has provided at least a beginning of a “solution,” responding to the overwhelming cry for elimination of assault weapons from our society. Also, the allusion to Lindsey Graham as having an AR-15, I sincerely pray, is hypothetical, because Graham is a moderate and sensible man, one in whom we all, Democrats and Republicans alike, can take a great deal of pride as a spokesman for our state.I have been a public school teacher for my entire life and have witnessed the devastation of weapon use among our young people, both in urban and rural settings. Most of the deaths have occurred as a result of accessible guns, albeit not assault weapons, but nonetheless available to young people largely through family gun possession.Society is speaking very loudly in support of legislation to limit the prevalence and convenience of guns, and our administration is attempting to represent the needs of the people. To question these very sensible efforts is ridiculous.